Mr. Grover [Doing an informal job interview]: What experience have you had at a department store? Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho): I was a shoplifter for three years.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A joke in a job interview where the candidate admits to being a shoplifter instead of a legitimate worker.
- In plain terms
- I stole from stores for three years.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor subverts job interview expectations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the right thing to say?
- How to handle interview pressure?
Another view
It glamorizes illegal activity.
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